Top 10 Movies of 2016

If 2016 was a script, it would have been rejected for being unrealistic and unrelenting. Lots of people have written something like that, but I don’t have a lot of time to work on this post because it’s already so late. This week we talk about our individual top 10 lists and try to come up with an overall list of our favorite films of the last year. Spoiler alert: we did it, we made that list. Hell yeah!

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Top 10 TV Shows of 2016

Makin’ those movie dreams on the small screen?
It seemed impossible, the way things had been.
But along came David Chase and Tony Soprano,
and the world no longer loved Ray Barone a.k.a. Romano.
Now the world’s a confusing and complicated place,
there’s so much good stuff it’s hard to keep pace.
Don’t believe me? Check out this podcast.
It’s hard to believe how little was broadcast.

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The Fifth Annual Mildly Pleased Awards

If you’re being honest, do all the non-Oscars movie awards shows matter to you? Do you care about the various guilds’ picks? What about lists from critics, newspapers, and blogs? Certainly you don’t care about the Golden Globes, right? Not really, at least, because all those people are going to be talking about the same 10 or so movies which are undeniably great. And that’s true, to a lesser extent, in pretty much every medium.

That is why, for five years now, the Mildly Pleased Awards have celebrated the “good, not great” works that would otherwise go forgotten. After all, everyone one of us just lived through a whole 365 days of 2016. If we were to just talk about the 10 good days, it wouldn’t really do the year justice, would it? So join us as we count down the most OK video games, music, TV, and film from the last year. Oh, and hit the jump to check out our viral video nominees… They’re fine!

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Some Kind of Movie – Ep. 7: Don’t Choke on Your Aspirations

What will you do when they catch you? What will you do if they break you? If you continue to fight, what will you become? A listener of Some Kind of Movie, of course! We’re back to talk about Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the ninth film in the franchise to get a theatrical release, and the first of Disney’s off-year anthology initiative. Is it good? Is it fun? Is it ethically sound? We try to answer these questions but mostly try not to be boring. Check it out, and may the force be with you, always.

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Rokk Talk Ep. 06: The Weight

Across the great divide, lies a podcast and that podcast is ROKK TALK! This week (more like this month), John and Colin revisit The Band’s classic final performance on Thanksgiving 1976 as captured in Martin Scorsese’s concert film, The Last Waltz. Listen, as your second-favorite rock-analysis-duo break down the film’s performances and rank them in a winner-take-all smackdown. Grab a drumstick, ’cause this one ain’t gonna be pretty. Happy Thanksgiving!

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Rokk Talk Ep. 05: Eight Days a Week

Help! I need a podcast! Help! Not just any podcast! Help! You know I need a podcast, HELP! Well, help is on the way with Rokk Talk. This week, John and Colin review Ron Howard’s 2016 Beatles documentary, Eight Days a Week: The Touring Years. Additionally, John and Colin list their top ten favorite early Beatles songs. Oh you know it’s true.

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Pitching Tents 17: Premium Cable

Many happy returns to the world of television! Mid-late September has historically been the time that the most important TV shows begin their seasons, although that’s been going the way of Blockbuster these last few years. Now that you can watch good stuff on your phone or whatever the kids are doing, the people needs good shows all the time. We’re here to help with that cause, with a few pitches aimed toward Netflix, HBO, and everyone else who wants to carve their own slice of the fall season.

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